Still a priest
May I correct one error in Gail Vines' excellent article on non-realist Christianity (THES, July 19). She describes me as "a former priest". In fact I am still a priest in the Church of England,...
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Fear under the volcano
I am writing to comment on the short item in Antithesis (THES, July 12) concerning the role of the British volcanologists working in the Caribbean. The article was ill-informed, flippant and seemed...
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He had hatred thrust upon him
Gerard DeGroot argues that we still need Field Marshal Haig to be a great villain. On February 3 1928, the British paid their respects to a departed hero. Crowds lined London streets as the funeral...
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Cluster scientists set to sue
Angry scientists may sue those responsible for the loss of the Ariane V rocket which exploded after take-off in June, destroying their scientific payload, Cluster. The European Space Agency revealed...
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Locked Net mania
Internet enthusiasts who attended City University's recent NetMedia conference found that academic space is even more complex than cyberspace. The only way to the Geary Lecture Theatre where many...
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Scottish quango appointments to go public
The Scottish Office is proposing to seek external advice on appointments to the boards of six educational quangos, including the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. Michael Forsyth, secretary...
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Baa-baa black sheep flock to vets' aid
A flock of Scottish black-faced sheep is helping scientists at Glasgow University's veterinary school in their battle to beat the scourge of parasites in the animal. The research team, headed by Mike...
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Asbestos forces Paris evacuation
The French capital's biggest university campus has been thrown into turmoil by a surprise commitment made on Bastille Day by President Jacques Chirac to move out all 40,000 students before the end of...
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A walk in the bleak forest
A middle-aged business school lecturer and his wife thought a two-year sabbatical to manage a franchise at a private school in Germany would be something of an adventure. They left after a year with...
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Lab culture
What is an anthropologist doing in a genetics lab? Jon Turney asks Paul Rabinow to explain. If I was patient enough, I always learned something from things they didn't like." So says Paul Rabinow...
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Glasgow School of Art wins safety reappraisal
Glasgow School of Art has won a bid to have its teaching quality reassessed by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council after a fight lasting almost a year. Last August, the SHEFC gave the...
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Have a cigarette, you're sacked
College managers forced to sack staff are advised to choose the middle of the day, the middle of the week and an office where smoking is allowed. These tips are included in guidelines published this...
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Crystal maze
At a time when any job advertisement results in a flood of applications, has Edinburgh University's department of geology and geophysics found a new way of speeding up the selection process? It is...
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Through keyhole surgery on TV
A new video network which allows postgraduate medical students throughout Scotland to watch operations while they are being carried out, was launched this week. Michael Forsyth, secretary of state...
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Suicidal cells give clue to HIV puzzle
The HIV virus overworks the cells of the immune system so much that they commit suicide, immunologists learned last week at a Biochemical Society conference in Edinburgh. New research on T-cell...